Jimmy Kimmel Live Television Program

Ed McMahon has a job. The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC show. "It felt very good to be out of the brace and working again," McMahon, who recently underwent a third neck surgery, said in an interview Friday. "I spent my whole life doing commercials, so here I was back doing a commercial again.

Ed McMahon has a job. The former "Tonight Show" sidekick is reprising his role as pitchman with several comical commercial segments during "Jimmy Kimmel Live." The first of the four spots, which were filmed Thursday evening and feature McMahon and Kimmel together, will air Monday during the late-night ABC show. "It felt very good to be out of the brace and working again," McMahon, who recently underwent a third neck surgery, said in an interview Friday. "I spent my whole life doing commercials, so here I was back doing a commercial again.

My late-night death happened at 12:15 a.m., as Thursday became Friday. On ABC's "Nightline: UpClose," Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone was talking about the future of the Internet, his stock portfolio, his business philosophy. "I'd rather be a lover than a fighter," Redstone said. He gave off a mischievous grin. I felt I understood him implicitly.

Courtney Philbrook Chapman Dialogue coordinator, a.k.a. the cue card person, on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Credits: "The Young and the Restless," "Saturday Night Live," "The Man Show," "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." The juggling act: "Basically, I am responsible for the scripts from beginning to end, so starting out with Jimmy's monologue and then the intros and outros. It's kind of a unique process. Jimmy really writes every word.

Courtney Philbrook Chapman Dialogue coordinator, a.k.a. the cue card person, on ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" Credits: "The Young and the Restless," "Saturday Night Live," "The Man Show," "Late Show With David Letterman" and "Late Night With Conan O'Brien." The juggling act: "Basically, I am responsible for the scripts from beginning to end, so starting out with Jimmy's monologue and then the intros and outros. It's kind of a unique process. Jimmy really writes every word.

My late-night death happened at 12:15 a.m., as Thursday became Friday. On ABC's "Nightline: UpClose," Viacom Inc. Chairman Sumner Redstone was talking about the future of the Internet, his stock portfolio, his business philosophy. "I'd rather be a lover than a fighter," Redstone said. He gave off a mischievous grin. I felt I understood him implicitly.